open pinkish lavender blooms: it opens perfectly in water. Propagation is rapid and a good 
percentage of large bulbs can be dug the first year. LAVENDER PRINCE is of deep color and 
is a nice cutter. ABIGAIL looks very nearly like Minuet; it is early in blooming and it propa- 
gates. Of regular performance is MYRNA FAY. In hot weather it is subject to extreme flecking 
but its commercial value should not be overlooked; bulbs are literally covered with bulblets. 
A good grower is POET’S DREAM but flowerheads are somewhat short. WEDGWOOD is 
lovely with its blue lavender color and creamy yellow throat. Its beauty and purity of color 
evcel. ELIZABETH THE QUEEN with its fine color and ability to open well in water is being 
widely grown commercially. GRAND OPENING is a heavy winner in the medium class with 
10 open and perfect placement. 
PURPLE—70 
The purple class is weak and is in need of some good new varieties. MARGARET WOOD, a 
poor performer last year, made an about face and gave us nice tall spikes. There seems to 
be no color just like it~deep wine purple. EUNICE EWING is unusual with its white throat. 
PUTPt™ “UPREME carries on as the commercial in the color. 
L'G T  "OLET—76 
and 
DARK VIOLET—78 
Tall growing BLUE LAGOON makes an excellent spike and is very healthy; it is a beautiful 
bulb maker. It opens 5 or 6 and blooms early. Bulblets grow waist high and bloom freely. 
ABU HASSAN has a very dark clear color but it has been a poor germinator for us. 
SMOKY SHADES—80 
STORMY WEATHER, DUSTY MILLER, and TWILIGHT DREAM make up a fine trio of Smokies. 
STORMY WEATHER with its lavender and grey shades surely is well named. DUSTY MILLER 
with its grey, cream, and scarlet markings is a consistent winner for us. The rose, tan, and 
cream of TWILIGHT DREAM is very attractive. Both STORMY WEATHER and DUSTY MILLER 
are tall growing with the former probably having a few inches in advantage. 
These are our appraisals based upon the 1948 growing season here. It is entirely possible 
that they will change next year, depending upon the continued performance of the newer 
varieties. A new variety should not be condemned on one year's growing. It is entirely 
possible too that a stellar performing variety may not be so good the next season. 
After reviewing the above list, one cannot help but realize the almost futile attempt to select 
a fault-free variety. Perhaps we shouldn't be too harsh in pointing out minor defects such as 
an occasional mis-placed floret. The perfect glad is somewhere in the future—we hope not 
too distant. With these thoughts in mind, our list of twelve favorites is as follows: Red Wing, 
White Christmas, Sun Spot, Dieppe, Heart's Desire, Black Cherry, White Challenge, Topflite, 
Lady Marian, Evangeline, Spotlight, and Burma. 
